The History of the Rise, Progress, and Establishment of the Independence of the United States of America, Band 3

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Seite 40 ... with the assitance of a competent naval force, would willingly, during the next
campaign, carry on the most vigorous offensive operations against the enemy *in
all the posts occupied by them within the United States — that without such naval
...

Seite 79 ... the Dutch councils] that a number of Dutch ships laden with timber and naval
stores for the French service, in order to escape the danger of British cruisers,
accompanied count By land, who was to escort a convoy to the Mediterranean,
capt.

Seite 142 Five East-India men made a part of it, and together with afm£ ammunition and a
train of artillery, conveyed a large quantity of naval stores, for the supply of the
British squadron' iii'thaf quarter. The East-India, and fifty West-India ships,
including ...

Seite 155 ... than that ♢he period of our opposition wilt very shortry arrive, if our allies cannot
afford us that effectual aid-, particularly in money and a naval superiority which is
now solicited." To what purposes such superiority was to be applied, a letter of ...

Seite 237 Before the naval battle on Dogger's Bank, every spring was touched to- excite
populat resentments against the Americans and French, so that the regents of
Amsterdam were under the necessity of taking the like precautions which would
have ...

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Seite 10 - East by a line to be drawn along the middle of the River St. Croix, from its mouth in the Bay of Fundy to its source; and from its source directly North to the aforesaid Highlands, which divide the Rivers that fall into the Atlantic Ocean from those which fall into the River St. Lawrence...

Seite 10 - Magdalen Islands, and Labrador, so long as the same shall remain unsettled ; but so soon as the same or either of them shall be settled, it shall not be lawful for the said fishermen to dry or cure fish at such settlement, without a previous agreement for that purpose with the inhabitants, proprietors, or possessors of the ground.

Seite 1 - Nor can any man, who acknowledges the being of a God, be justly deprived or abridged of any civil right as a citizen, on account of his religious sentiments or peculiar mode of religious worship...

Seite 5 - I consider it an indispensable duty to close this last act of my official life by commending the interests of our dearest country to the protection of Almighty God, and those who have the superintendence of them to his holy keeping.

Seite 5 - ... war. Called upon by your country to defend its invaded rights, you accepted the sacred charge before it had formed alliances, and whilst it was without funds or a government to support you. You have conducted the great military contest with wisdom and fortitude, invariably regarding the rights of the civil power through all disasters and changes.

Seite 1 - ... nor can any man be justly deprived or abridged of any civil right as a citizen, on account of his religious sentiments or peculiar mode of religious worship ; and that no authority can or ought to be vested in, or assumed by, any power whatever, that shall in any case interfere with, or in any manner control, the rights of conscience in the free exercise of religious worship.

Seite 6 - Be it therefore enacted by the General Assembly, That no man shall be compelled to frequent or support any religious worship, place or ministry whatsoever, nor shall be enforced, restrained, molested, or burthened in his body or goods, nor shall otherwise suffer on account of his religious opinions or belief; but that all men shall be free to profess, and by argument to maintain...